About This Product
A choice meditation for every day of the year by the "sweet singer" of England.
Preface- THE MEDITATIONS AND SONGS of Frances Ridley Havergal have provided solace, comfort, and everlasting peace to thousands of souls. Her ministry in poetry and prose is ever being used by the Spirit of God to teach, comfort, exhort, and convict.
All her poetry and prose is saturated with the living Word of God; it has a freshness and power which only the eternal dew of heavenly truth could impart. Frances always looked to the Lord for her messages before writing anything. On one occasion she wrote to her sister of her strong belief that, "If I am to write to any good, a great deal of living must go into a very little writing.”
In an effort to preserve her prose for this generation this volume has been published. We have sought to include virtually all her prose writings and to couple with them selections from her poetry. The work of selecting the poetry has been done by Mabel J. Carter.
Those who have worked on the compilation and production of this book have testified to having received a great blessing from their labor of love. The book is now sent forth with the earnest desire that it, like its author, Frances Ridley Havergal, may run over all denominational barriers and be acceptable and helpful to the saints, for "In prayer and praise the saints appear as one.”
WILLIAM J. PELL
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Take my life, and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days;
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my hands, and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet, and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee.
Take my voice, and let me sing,
Always, only, for my King.
Take my lips, and let them be
Filled with messages for Thee.
Take my silver and my gold;
Not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect, and use
Every power as Thou shalt choose.
Take my will, and make it Thine.
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is Thine own;
It shall be Thy royal throne.
Take my love; my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure-store.
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee.
FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL
Written February 4, 1874
Other familiar hymns by Frances Ridley Havergal:
Another Year is Dawning
I Could Not Do Without Thee
True-hearted, Whole-hearted
O Savior, Precious Savior
I Am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus
Who Is on the Lord's Side?
Lord, Speak to Me
I Gave My Life for Thee
Standing at the Portal of the Opening Year
Table of Contents
1. Preface
2. Frances Ridley Havergal
3. January 1: A Leader You Can Trust
4. January 2: A Purposeful Pressure
5. January 3: Is Your Heart in It?
6. January 4: Let the Lord Do
7. January 5: Drop It - Or Use It
8. January 6: Reflecting or Rejecting
9. January 7: Treasures Already Coined
10. January 8: Why Service Is Reasonable
11. January 9: God - Christ - You
12. January 10: Old Age No Barrier
13. January 11: Christ's Will
14. January 12: Make It Personal
15. January 13: Be Filled
16. January 14: Upheld by God's Power
17. January 15: Debtors to Mercy Alone
18. January 16: Even You Are a Messenger
19. January 17: A Fixed Gaze Makes a Sure Step
20. January 18: He Said He Would
21. January 19: His Place by Right
22. January 20: First Things First
23. January 21: God's Side the Bright Side
24. January 22: "And"
25. January 23: He Speaks to You
26. January 24: Unknown Paths Are Clear to Him
27. January 25: What Is His Is Ours
28. January 26: Do You Need More Proof?
29. January 27: When God Meets Our Substitute
30. January 28: Enjoying God's Joys
31. January 29: Fill Your Mind With Him
32. January 30: A "Limitless Fold" Return
33. January 31: Look Full in His Wonderful Face
34. February 1: Christ "Is" the Answer
35. February 2: Now and Afterward
36. February 3: Let God Guide Your Spending
37. February 4: Filled to Overflowing
38. February 5: Life and "Lips" for the Master
39. February 6: Not Spired but Inspired
40. February 7: Manifold Pleasures Unending
41. February 8: Disguised Sweetness
42. February 9: Are You Pleasing God?
43. February 10: An Ideal Friend
44. February 11: Redeemed Separated Confirmed
45. February 12: First Learn Then Tell
46. February 13: You - A Purchased Possession
47. February 14: Altogether Lovely
48. February 15: Instruments for God's Use
49. February 16: God Waits to Speak to You
50. February 17: Freed From Law Bound by Love
51. February 18: Drawn by Irresistible Love
52. February 19: God's Immutable Word
53. February 20: Whatever Your "This" May Be
54. February 21: God's Sufficiency More Than Adequate
55. February 22: Temptation Defeated
56. February 23: All for Jesus
57. February 24: Great Gladness in Whatsoever You Do
58. February 25: Righteous Alone in Him
59. February 26: He Was Led Not Gently
60. February 27: "Wonder Working Power in the Blood"
61. February 28: Satisfied
62. February 29: Signed and Sealed
63. March 1: Opportunities Gone Forever
64. March 2: Not Your Own
65. March 3: Beyond Our Imagination!
66. March 4: Cleaving
67. March 5: A Sure Keeper
68. March 6: Our Surety
69. March 7: The Tie That Binds
70. March 8: Holiness - Confidence - Joy
71. March 9: Come and See
72. March 10: Not for Time but for Eternity
73. March 11: The King Needs You
74. March 12: Consideration
75. March 13: "In Them"
76. March 14: Banners Unfurled
77. March 15: The Way to Prosperity
78. March 16: Take Him at His Word
79. March 17: Love That Moves
80. March 18: His Eternity for Thee
81. March 19: Continually Clean
82. March 20: How to Fill an Aching Void
83. March 21: Sevenfold Justification
84. March 22: The Key to God's Treasure House
85. March 23: Words Which Work
86. March 24: Kept for the Master's Use
87. March 25: A Race to Run
88. March 26: When Duty Becomes Pleasure
89. March 27: Everything for You!
90. March 28: No Withholdings
91. March 29: My God and I
92. March 30: Faithfulness
93. March 31: Ready to Do What Is Most Needed
94. April 1: Safe All the Way
95. April 2: Where Are Your Sins?
96. April 3: His Hands for You
97. April 4: Enough and More
98. April 5: An Established Heart
99. April 6: Confidence in God
100. April 7: Eternal Security
101. April 8: By Submission or by Force
102. April 9: He Listens Patiently
103. April 10: Count Your Blessings Forget not All His benefits. Psalm 103:2
104. April 11: The Splendor of His Will
105. April 12: A Look That Transforms
106. April 13: In Step With the Master
107. April 14: Make an Appointment to See Him
108. April 15: Making Another's Day Brighter
109. April 16: Give Him the Key
110. April 17: Pleased to Please
111. April 18: Help of the Helpless
112. April 19: A Promised Promise
113. April 20: Our Sovereign Savior
114. April 21: Unto Him
115. April 22: More Love to Thee
116. April 23: Oracles of God
117. April 24: When Weak Then Strong
118. April 25: Actions Speak Loud
119. April 26: "I Will Forgive but I Can't Forget!"
120. April 27: A Channel for God's Power
121. April 28: A Sweet Savor of Christ
122. April 29: A Mind at Perfect Peace With God
123. April 30: His Throne by Right
124. May 1: God's Will Energized by Love
125. May 2: Increasing Joy
126. May 3: On "Falling"
127. May 4: Moments for Eternity
128. May 5: Not of Ourselves
129. May 6: Influence of the King
130. May 7: Purging Must Come
131. May 8: Thine, Lord
132. May 9: His Heart for Thee
133. May 10: No Convenient Season
134. May 11: You Are Never Forgotten
135. May 12: Royal Bounty
136. May 13: He Giveth and Giveth and Giveth
137. May 14: Confession Is Good for the Soul
138. May 15: Tidings Make the Feet
139. May 16: A Shared Sorrow
140. May 17: Willingness - The Secret of Knowing
141. May 18: He Is King! … Is He Yours?
142. May 19: Superabounding Compensation
143. May 20: No Retirement From His Service
144. May 21: Christ Jesus Saves From Sin and Sins
145. May 22: God's Treasure House Is Ours
146. May 23: Giving What Was Given
147. May 24: He Did What He Came to Do
148. May 25: A Present Yield
149. May 26: Free and Clear
150. May 27: Forever Satisfied
151. May 28: Christ in You Day and Night
152. May 29: Possessing the Treasure of Treasures
153. May 30: Silence Is Golden
154. May 31: Our Great High Priest
155. June 1: When I Observed I Wondered
156. June 2: Wonderful Companion
157. June 3: Savior or Judge?
158. June 4: As Prayers Go Up Blessings Come Down
159. June 5: Undivided Attention
160. June 6: Now or Never
161. June 7: Giving Determines Value
162. June 8: We See Jesus
163. June 9: Where No Anxiety Exists
164. June 10: The Unkept Pledge
165. June 11: Not Promised but Given
166. June 12: Too Weak to Speak
167. June 13: Unspoiled Among the Spoiled
168. June 14: Treasures Rare Await You
169. June 15: The Way of Escape
170. June 16: The Magnet of Love
171. June 17: Love So Amazing
172. June 18: Dressed in Beauty Not Our Own
173. June 19: The Touch of His Hand
174. June 20: Magnificently Precious
175. June 21: He Dines With Us
176. June 22: Put Your Case in Your Father's Hand
177. June 23: Signed - Sealed - Held - Confirmed
178. June 24: Thank Him for the Gift
179. June 25: Cherished and Pillowed to Rest
180. June 26: This Same Jesus
181. June 27: Ourselves Established
182. June 28: Our Lips for Him
183. June 29: His Feet for You
184. June 30: The Less Includes the Greater
185. July 1: Precious Possession
186. July 2: Only for Jesus
187. July 3: The Old Way the Only Way
188. July 4: The Searcher of Hearts
189. July 5: Running or Reeling
190. July 6: Four Results of Justification
191. July 7: Is He Yours?
192. July 8: From Faith to Faith
193. July 9: The Proper Answer
194. July 10: A Blessed Necessity
195. July 11: It's All Different Now!
196. July 12: Which Shall It Be?
197. July 13: Reflecting Light
198. July 14: The King Knows
199. July 15: All Things Are Ready
200. July 16: Is Royal Likeness Recognizable?
201. July 17: A Magnificent Glimpse of Joy
202. July 18: Divine Reason for Divine Doings
203. July 19: Our Ever
204. July 20: He Remembers … Shall We?
205. July 21: Rest Glorious and Real
206. July 22: Prepared for His Appointments
207. July 23: Where There's Life There's Renewing
208. July 24: This Day
209. July 25: The Adequacy of Christ
210. July 26: Going and Growing
211. July 27: Perpetual Cleansing
212. July 28: The Only Alternative
213. July 29: God's Doing and Not Ours
214. July 30: Who Is Your Master?
215. July 31: Royal Grace
216. August 1: A Little "Want" Hinders Much Freedom
217. August 2: Transcendent Satisfaction
218. August 3: For Our Sakes
219. August 4: By Him - To Him - In Him - For Him
220. August 5: "Come" … "Now"
221. August 6: Justice and Mercy From God's Love
222. August 7: Promises in Present Experience
223. August 8: Better First Than Last
224. August 9: Christ Must Be Everything
225. August 10: Do You Want the Blessing?
226. August 11: The Royal Invitation
227. August 12: Aged Through Suffering
228. August 13: A Vista of Brightness
229. August 14: God Moves in Mysterious Ways
230. August 15: Drink and Live
231. August 16: Not a Shadow - But Himself
232. August 17: Why Not Yield to It?
233. August 18: What Shall the Harvest Be?
234. August 19: Without Excuse
235. August 20: Life or Death?
236. August 21: When Silence Is Negative
237. August 22: Imputed Beauty
238. August 23: "Lord, Show Me Myself"
239. August 24: Continual and Consistent Care
240. August 25: Christ First; Others Second; Me Last
241. August 26: Claim the Promises
242. August 27: Tongues - A Mighty Influence
243. August 28: Hands - A Mighty Mechanism
244. August 29: Exceeding Sorrowful … Exceeding Glad
245. August 30: Would You Welcome the King Now?
246. August 31: A Good Argument
247. September 1: Mutual Acceptation
248. September 2: Hands Reveal the Heart
249. September 3: Joy Inward and Upward
250. September 4: A Firm Grasp and a Full Reception
251. September 5: Our Lips for Fruitful Praise
252. September 6: Sanctified - Energized - Strengthened
253. September 7: Clean Hands at the Table
254. September 8: Royal Servants
255. September 9: Retreat Means Defeat
256. September 10: The Warning of a Silent Heaven
257. September 11: Misunderstood?
258. September 12: The Earnest of Things to Come
259. September 13: Trusting
260. September 14: Who Can Be Against Us?
261. September 15: Royal Partnership
262. September 16: Enthrone Him Whose Right It Is
263. September 17: "Whatsoever Ye Do"
264. September 18: Strong Consolation
265. September 19: Our Royal High Priest
266. September 20: Shielded From the Enemy
267. September 21: Useless or Useful Occupation
268. September 22: All Things Now Ready
269. September 23: Tested Trust
270. September 24: A Promise to Meet Every Fear
271. September 25: Rest Assured
272. September 26: Wait for His Royal Response
273. September 27: You Could Be Mistaken
274. September 28: A Safe Way on the Pathless Sea
275. September 29: What's His Is Ours
276. September 30: The "Least" Is Not Forgotten
277. October 1: Self Subdued
278. October 2: "Most Blessed Forever"
279. October 3: "Come" Means Come
280. October 4: Specially Tender - Specially Precious
281. October 5: Kept Continually
282. October 6: Promised Therefore Sure
283. October 7: A Voice Continually Calling
284. October 8: Let Him Use What You Have
285. October 9: God Trusted Him! Can You Do Less?
286. October 10: Tenderly Delivered
287. October 11: The Saviour
288. October 12: His Heart Set on Us
289. October 13: From Everywhere for Everything
290. October 14: A Planned and Purposed Salvation
291. October 15: Doubly Sealed
292. October 16: Real Rest Found in Christ
293. October 17: Words Are Limitless
294. October 18: The Alarming Alternative
295. October 19: God Engages the Heart
296. October 20: Kept From to Be Kept For
297. October 21: Unbelief Opens the Way to Darkness
298. October 22: The Burden Only Christ Can Lift
299. October 23: Our Feet for Him
300. October 24: Haste Is Not Waste
301. October 25: Heart
302. October 26: Infinite God … and Yet Mine
303. October 27: Unquenchable Love
304. October 28: Redeem the Time
305. October 29: "Only" and "Ever" His
306. October 30: God's Will for You
307. October 31: "Come" and "Believe"
308. November 1: All Things Not Expedient
309. November 2: No Wanting in Heaven
310. November 3: King of Your Life
311. November 4: No Half Measures
312. November 5: Enlarged Capabilities
313. November 6: A Living Commentary
314. November 7: His Desired Desire
315. November 8: My Lord and I
316. November 9: Formed for His Glory Forever
317. November 10: Lifted by Way of Remembrance
318. November 11: A Mind at Perfect Peace
319. November 12: Speak Just a Word
320. November 13: The Lamb the King
321. November 14: Cleaving With Purpose
322. November 15: Words That Pay
323. November 16: No Cleansing Without Confession
324. November 17: Infinite Mind Thinking on Us
325. November 18: First of All
326. November 19: Beyond Our Ken but Not Our Spirit
327. November 20: Poor Within Reach of Treasures
328. November 21: Humbling Blessedness
329. November 22: Inherit the Kingdom?
330. November 23: Gradually or Decisively?
331. November 24: His Personal Possession Ours
332. November 25: Fullness of Pleasure
333. November 26: The Power of God's Will
334. November 27: The Power of the King's Word
335. November 28: Hearts Aflame
336. November 29: Unlimited Grace
337. November 30: The Mouth Betrays the Heart
338. December 1: Lives Taken and Kept
339. December 2: Too Feeble to Grope
340. December 3: All for Me
341. December 4: Love
342. December 5: Love Indeed
343. December 6: Now Is the Only Time to Suffer
344. December 7: Remember
345. December 8: Delight of Self
346. December 9: Dwelling and Working
347. December 10: Ignorance and Knowledge
348. December 11: Drawn by Love
349. December 12: Lasting Joy
350. December 13: As the Tree Falls, So It Lies
351. December 14: Our Royal Substitute
352. December 15: Words With Weight
353. December 16: Joy in Serving
354. December 17: Giving Must Cost
355. December 18: A Safeguard From Temptation
356. December 19: Remarkable and Far
357. December 20: "Afterward" - Now and Always
358. December 21: A Higher Motive
359. December 22: Our Invincible Defender
360. December 23: Tenderness
361. December 24: Simple Trust for Infinite Rest
362. December 25: Wonderful
363. December 26: We Thy Bone and Thy Flesh
364. December 27: On Giving
365. December 28: Hearts Filled and Fixed
366. December 29: Pledge Allegiance
367. December 30: A Channel for Boundless Love
368. December 31: Silent Nearness
369. Advent Song
370. Finis